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A measured response:
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/wo...,1146469.story
Brazil's middle to lower classes have seen their wages not keep pace with inflation in the last few years, making the country's recent economic growth a bit ill-distributed.
Their gini coefficient (measure of income inequality between rich and poor) is not that far off, currently, from that of the US.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/ameri...rotests-brazilMore broadly, the very middle class that Brazil has created in the past decade—40m people have escaped from absolute poverty, but are still only one paycheck from falling back into it, and 2009 was the first year in which more than half the population could be considered middle class—is developing an entirely new relationship with the government. They see further improvements in their living standards as their right and will fight tooth and nail not to fall back into poverty. And rather than being grateful for the occasional crumb thrown from rich Brazilians’ tables, they are waking up to the fact that they pay taxes and deserve something in return. Perhaps their government’s triumphalism over those shiny new stadiums was the final straw.
Brazil has some ty public services, but this appears to be part of a global trend in unhappy youth. Occupy movement, green movement, arab spring, turkey...
Interesting events.
A measured response:
http://www.latimes.com/news/world/wo...,1146469.story
govt rolled back the bus fares.
The more and more nations borrow from the future, the less the future will have...
Excuse me while I go choke to death on the irony of a baby boomer saying that.
the 1% and financializaton of everything have sucked up way too much wealth, govts have not collected enough taxes to run their countries, USA is World Champion example of a failed economy.
if this is the that goes down during the confed cup, what's going to happen during the actual world cup?
Poetic man. that really spoke to me. Do you cop this banal bull from rightwing radio?
Brazilians showing disenfranchised, lard-assed, pot-bellied, TV-watching Americans what real "voting" is.
When Americans take to the street, they get trashed as dirty hippies and losers, esp by right wingers here, and trashed and shut down by the cops and corps and media.
WC just spoke the truth. Cannot handle it can you?
Are you still mad Air America laid you off?>
If you didn't have the IQ of a beagle you would be able to see I didn't disagree with the context of what he said.
No I was saying it in sarcasm. You have the Iq of a turd and gay.
Hey! EZ on the beagles, junior.
That sentence structure is a shining example of lobe damage I'm sure you experienced early in life.You have the Iq of a turd and gay.
This is the internet you like Hibbert.
If he spoke truth then why doesn't he go back and pay back his share of the billions he and his generation have robbed from the rest of us?
trillions tbh
Bobafett has to be ducks right?
The way he spams everything re:re:re that he gets reminds me of yoni.
they only protesting cause WC AND OLYMPICS is just around t he corner for them
if they did this 12 months ago then it wouldve had some legitimacy
This "baby boomer" has never approved of what generation X and Y have been doing.
You have to remember, boomers before me were the last to ever pay down the national debt.
No surprise, it's just a blessing of hosting the World Cup or similar events. Similar happened to Greece in 04, South Africa in 10 and the UK in 12. Germany and us were fine because we rich enough
Scarlett what does she think?No surprise, it's just a blessing of hosting the World Cup or similar events. Similar happened to Greece in 04, South Africa in 10 and the UK in 12. Germany and us were fine because we rich enough
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